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October 30, 1954, a Low pressure area over North Dakota was drawing moist air up over South Dakota. An advancing cold front swept through Rapid City in the morning producing light snow. The winds became very gusty in the afternoon. Steadier snows fell to the east over Pine Ridge, again with strong winds. Total snowfall was not impressive but the winds could have produced reduced visibility. There was a secondary area of stormy weather over the Great Lakes. Ice, wind and snow fell over Michigan.
http://docs.lib.noaa.gov/rescue/dwm/1954/19541030.djvu
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“Another Valiant Missionary Called Home to God,” The Calumet, November 1954; p.11
“…Father Buechel was buried on Saturday, October 30, 1954, in the St. Francis Mission cemetery on the Rosebud Reservation.
“Despite blizzard weather the funeral was attended by a legion of his devoted Indian friends….”
Marrquette University
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During the commerative Liturgy for Fr. Buechel, S.J. his portrait was moved from the baptistry to one of the side altars of his parish Church.
Raymond A Bucko, S.J., Creighton University
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This is a portrait of Fr. Buehcel which hangs in the baptistry of his parish Church in Schleid.
Wilhelm Ritz, Geisa Museum
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Herr Joseph Buechel, grand-nephew of Fr. Eugene Buechel, pauses in front of his great-uncle's portrait at the end of the commemorative liturgy held in Fr. Buechel's parish Church in Schlied.
Raymond Bucko, S.J. Creighton University
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This is a photograph taken during the commemorative Liturgy held for Fr. Buechel. Martin Löwenstein, S.J., Catholic chaplain at the University of Frankfurt-on-the-Main, presided and preached a sermon on Fr. Buechel's life. The current pastor of the Church is on the far left and Fr. Bucko, S.J. representing the Jesuits of the United States and the Lakota Missions is second from right.
Markus Kreis
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Mr. Wilhelm Ritz, director of the Geisa Musuem, speaks during the opening of the exhibit commemorating Fr. Buechel. The name of the exhibit was "Wanbli Sapa (Schwarzer Adler)" - der Indianerpater aus der Rhoen. Wanbli Sapa is Fr. Buechel’s Lakota name, Black Eagle. The rest of the title translastes: The Indian Father from the Rhoen. The exhibit opened on October 31, 2004. The Rhoen refers to the Rhoen Mountains in central Germany where both Schleid and Geisa are located.
Raymond A Bucko, S.J.
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These beaded and painted objects were made by German hobbiests and loned to the museum at Geis for the exhibit as the msueum did not have the needed funding toship, insure and adequately protect ethnographic objects actually collected by Fr. Buechel which remain in St. Francis, South Dakota.
Raymond A Bucko, S.J., Creighton University
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This is a cradleboard, painted parflech container and beaded buckskin dress created by German hobbiests and loaned to the museum for the Buechel exhibit in 2004.
Raymond A Bucko, S.J., Creighton University
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Mr. Joseph Buechel, grand-nephew of Fr. Eugene Buechel, and Lakota scholar Martin Krueger of Bonn chat during the opening of the museum exhibition commemorating the 50th anniversary of Fr. Buechel's death held at the city museum of Geisa entitled "Wanbli Sapa (Schwarzer Adler)" - der Indianerpater aus der Rhoen -- Black Eagle - the Indian Priest from the Roehn.
Raymond Bucko, S.J. Creighton University
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Fr. Buechel's grand-nephew, Herr Josef Buechel, at the commemorative exhibition. Behind Herr Buechel are photographs of Fr. Buechel, S.J. as well as photographs made by him.
Raymond Bucko, S.J. Creighton University
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This display case in the Geise museum contains Lakota artifacts, books authored by and about Fr. Buechel, and two photographs of him (see images 101 and 203, 503a 504). The War Bonnet and beaded moccasisns were acquired by his nephew Emil Büchel (see image215) who lived in Wisconsin with his family for several years, returning to Germany in 1929 and bringing along the artifacts.
Herr Wilhelm Ritz, Geisa Museum
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The Mid-American Arts Aliance under the guidance of Jim Alinder and David Smith concieved of this touring exhibt based on three artists: John Anderson, Eugene Buechel, S.J. and Don Doll, S.J. 40 of Fr. Buechel's photographs were exhibited and then printed in this exhibition catalogue which was published in 1976.
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